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Technology: Good and Bad

The young people these days have things easy: answers to homework and mini-research papers are just a click of the mouse button away. They can put music in their music players and watch movies online without having to pay for these things. They can even do online shopping and look for new restaurants or specialty shops like which store has the best ipod cases even without stepping out of their homes.

The convenience technology has brought the young people can make them do great things or do otherwise.

Learning about new things is now a breeze, as long as the sources of information are legit and not suspect. Homework answers can be had with a click of a button. They can improve on what’s already existing and help others who do not have access to so much information and knowledge. Baking and cooking has been easy with the internet. People who mattered most to you but you somehow lost touched are now just a click away in Facebook or in Twitter (and now Google+).

Technology, on the other hand, make the young people lazy. They are too lazy to do any research from scratch because everything they need can be easily copied and pasted, even if the information they got were incorrect or unverified. They get photos from the web and say it’s theirs. Hah.

Sometimes I wonder what will become of these young people who spend more time doing things virtually than spending time in the “real world”.

15th Father’s Day

Tomorrow is going to be the husband’s 15th Father’s Day. We don’t usually celebrate these occasions in a big grand way but we do try to make the day special for him.

The youngest daughter has already made a card (oops, I hope he doesn’t read this before tomorrow). I want us to have a picnic lunch but knowing that there is a typhoon elsewhere, that would not be a good idea. We’d probably avail of that lunch buffet gift certificates I have (on Monday which incidentally is a holiday).

I also bought three discount vouchers for the same lunch buffet so that we all could go together.

Hubby is not exactly the flowers and chocolates gifter. I wish he is for I’d like to have St. Paul flowers or truffles to enjoy once in a while 😀

 

Paano Ba Magtipid

Paano nga ba magtipid, kung wala ka namang perang titipirin?

Naalala ko dati yung isang article na nabasa ko, inilista kung paano ang isang tao ay nakakapagtipid sa kabila ng pagiging penniless niya. Maabilidad kasi siya kaya ganun. Meron din namang mga taong di halata ng walang pangkain pero nakakakain sa mga mamahaling kainan ng libre kasi sila ay… huwag na nga lang baka awayin nila ako.

Paano ba magtipid? Narito ang ilan sa mga paraan para makatipid:

  • Sabi ng anak kong 9 years old nung mabasa niya ang titulong “Paano Ba Magtipid?” dapat daw “hindi bibili ng mga bagay ng hindi kailangan”. Sa palagay ko may punto siya dun. Agree ka ba?
  • Kapag nasa restoran, lalo na sa fast food na may value meals, magpadagdag ng ketchup packets kahit isang burjer lang ang inorder para may magagamit ka sa bahay.
  • Tutal humingi ka na ng ketchup packets, dagdagan mo na din ng tissue, sayang din yun, pamunas ng pawis o ng dumi sa mukha o kaya maaaring gamitin “in times of emergency” at wala kang ganun
  • Huwag na huwag mong gagamitin ang credit card kung hindi ka sigurado na mayroon kang pambayad pagdating ng bill. At para mas sigurado, huwag ka na lang kumuha ng credit baka lalo ka lang mapagastos ng perang wala ka naman in the first place
  • Bago bumili ng kung anong bagay, bag o sapatos o kaya ng isang supot ng tsokolate, isiping mabuti at maging honest sa sarili: “Kailangan ko ba talaga ito ngayon? Kapag ba hindi ko ito binili ngayon at binilikan ko sa isang araw, ganun pa din kaya ang pagnanasa ko na maging akin ito?”
  • Huwag magpapadala sa mga SALE signs dahil kapag nakakita ka ng blouse na 70% off, manghihinayang ka sa diskwento at malamang bibilhin mo, kahit na hindi mo kailangan ang blouse na yun. O sige huwag na nga ang blouse, yung table top oven na lang na 50% off, sayang din ang savings, malay mo, baka matutunan mo din mag-bake balang araw di ba? Sana nga paano kung hindi ka matutuo magbake?
  • Matutong magluto ng pagkain. Walang oras? Mag-set ng isang araw upang gawin ito, magluto ng 2 o 3 o higit pang bilang ng ulam at ilagay sa mga lalagyan at i-freeze. Oo nga’t nakakasawa pero nakatipid ka naman, sigurado pa ka pa sa pagkain dahil ikaw mismo ang nagprepare nito. At least, umuwi ka man ng gabing-gabi na at pagod na pagod pa, meron kang makakain sa bahay na iinitin na lang.
  • Kung mabilis ang internet connection mo, huwag ka na magsubscribe ng cable tv. Mas una pa nga mapapanood sa internet yung mga palabas kesa sa catv, basta lang alam mo maghanap kung paano.
  • Para hindi maging green with envy sa ibang may magagarang gadgets, mabuti pa, huwag na magbasa o tumingin sa mga gadgets site. Maiinis ka lang, lalo na kapag wala ka namang pambili.

Pasensiya na po sa bullets, tama naman pag tinignan sa dashboard pero sa published post, di pantay-pantay, grrr…

Tipid tips para sa mga homemakers.

Konting tips sa pagtitipid sa panahon ng summer.

Tipid tips para sa Time and Energy.

Napakarami pang tips na pwede i-share pero hanggang dito na lang muna ako kasi may nanggugulo na maglalaro ng Gardens of Time. Basta ang importante, maging satisfied sa kung ano ang meron ka at magstrive, pero huwag maging sobrang trying hard na nagkandarapa na magkaroon ng mga bagay ng minimithi na alam mong kailangan mo, hindi dahil sa gusto mo lang.

Top 10 Countries as Facebook Users

I’m not surprised that the Philippines is #7 in the Top 10 Countries in terms of the number of Facebook Users.

Everyone and his aunt, dog, cat, shampoo, soap, toilet paper, thumb and toe has a Facebook page. Celebrities have even multiple Facebook page and one never knows if the page he/she liked is the official one.

I kid you not about everyone having a Facebook page.

Just by looking at the “fan pages” that my eldest daughter has “Liked” and many more making up new pages for others to like, we are slowly but surely making our way on top. With icing to boot 😀

Seriously, the time spent reading status updates, clicking on the like button if one does not have anything to say, looking at the photo albums of friends, virtual and in real life, former classmates, former office-mates, former neighbors and all things former, takes a lot of time away from real work.

I even think Facebook is a blog killer but that is entirely another post to write about.

What else suffer when people spend waste time just doing Facebook?

  • productivity with work
  • socialization with others in real life
  • person-to-person interaction
  • house chores (of which I am guilty)
  • the EGO because one feels inferior when he/she sees that former classmate who used to struggle with the class lessons now living in a big house with a sportscar. And what about that former office-mate who… never mind.

I installed Chrome Nanny to regulate my Facebook usage and I deliberately ignore the “call” of Mozilla Firefox where I can still access Facebook. Sometimes I give in to the temptation of logging in through Firefox but last week, I steer cleared away from Facebook and Twitter.

The effect? I was able to watch more episodes of my favorite tv series, hahaha!

Phail!

Current Fave: The Script

I love music and as much as I imagine myself singing better than the average karaoke singer, I tend to have limited choices when it comes to choosing a song I can sing. Maybe because I have a limited vocal range or maybe because I prefer male singers/bands than females. I got several male singers in my play list and these include Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, James Morrison, Matt Nathanson and Damien Rice among others.

My current pick is The Script, which incidentally is having a concert in the country. I wanna watch!

Right now, am listening to them on Grooveshark, with a pair of Altec Lansing stereo speakers plugged in the laptop and playing half-full blast.  Yey!

“I’m still alive but I’m barely breathing…”